On the Road: The Original Scroll: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Jack Kerouac

On the Road: The Original Scroll: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Jack Kerouac

416 pages • first pub 1957 (view editions)

fiction classics travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published as Kerouac originally composed it IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of On the Road--typed as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracin...

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Community Reviews

3.85
based on 560 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 90%

reflective: 63%

challenging: 40%

funny: 36%

emotional: 27%

inspiring: 22%

hopeful: 13%

lighthearted: 13%

sad: 13%

dark: 9%

informative: 9%

tense: 9%

mysterious: 4%

Pace

20% of readers chose fast
48% of readers chose medium
32% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

10% of readers chose Plot
21% of readers chose A mix
57% of readers chose Character
10% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
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Strong character development?

15% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
47% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
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Loveable characters?

5% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
50% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

21% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
63% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

55% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
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